Harrow



(No Model.)

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No. 379,079. i

HARROW.

Patented Mar. 6, 1888 UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ANDREW PERIN, OF BEETOWN, WISCONSIN.

HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,079, dated March 6,1888.

Application filed February 18, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ANDREW PERIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Beetown, county of Grant, and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Method ofAttaching Tongues to Harrows, of which the following is a full,accurate, and true description.

' My invention is designed to render the use of the tongue much morepracticable than heretofore by giving it a limited lateral 1notion tofacilitate turning, and also by fully providing for the irregularmovement of the harrow incident to its use on rough or uneven ground.

The above objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thefront portion of a common harrow with a tongue atf tached by my improvedmethod or mechanism. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tongueattachments proper, and Fig. 3 represents a modified manner of attachingthe hinge-piece F to the harrow.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary harrow-tongue.

C C are draw-bars constructed of one piece of metal bent to forman eyeat H. Said drawbars may be of unequal length, so as to draw the harrowin an angling manner. rIhe tongue is pivotedto'said draw-bars by a boltwhich passes through the eye H, and is securely fastened in the tongueat sufficient distance from its rearward end to allow the latter to restand swing upon the curved supporting -bar B, which extends between thedraw-bars C C and is firmly attached thereto at either end. Thissupporting-bar B, which is preferably made of Wood, is provided with themetal lugs G Gr, which serve as stops against which the end of semi No.228,140. (No modem the tongue A strikes when it has swung to as great anangle as it is intended to make.

D is a guide-loop fastened at the rearward end of the tongue A andpassing around the supporting-bar B.

The ends of the draw-bars C C terminate in the pivotal loops E E, bymeans of which they are secured to the harrow by a bolt passing throughthe said loops and the eye of the hingepieces F F, which latter serve atonce the purpose of pivoting the tongue to the harrow and of protectingthe wooden frame of the harrow from abrasion by contact with the backends ofthe loops E E.

The parts F F may be bolted to the wooden frame ofthe harrow, or tocross-bars extending between adjacent parts ofthe frame, as in Fig. 3,or in any other suitable manner.

If desired, the eye in the hinge-pieces F F may be changed to a slotrunning nearly their entire length, so as to increase the flexibilityofthe implement.

The loops E E are constructed wide enough to allow for lateral play ofthe wings of the harrow and extend back of the pivotal point, and arecurved upward so as to prevent the harrow from being upset onto theteam,while permitting the back end of it to be raised for the purpose ofcleaning out rubbish or by irregularities in the ground.

I claiml. The combination of the tongue A, having the guide-loop D, withthe draw-bars G Gand the curved supporting-bar B, as described.

2. The draw-bars C C, having curved pivotal loops E E, in combinationwith the hingepieces F F, as and for the purposes described.

CHARLES ANDREW PERIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. CLARK, S. H. TAYLOR.

